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An Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer who was left in tears after just one person turned up to her show has been accused of pulling the same "stunt" last year.

An Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer who was left in tears after only one person turned up to her show has managed to sell-out her next performance.

We know him best as a comedian, but did you know Dara Ó Briain is a keen amateur astronomer too? He’s celebrating his passion for planets in the new Channel 5 series Wonders Of The Moon With Dara Ó Briain. However, the 51-year-old admits his comedy career and its nocturnal hours often get in the way of his telescope time.

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has revealed a new slate of UK comedy podcasts, including new series from comedians Daisy May Cooper, Lolly Adefope, Mo Gilligan and Dara Ó Briain.

Comedian Dara Ó Briain is the latest star to share their reaction to the Government’s emergency alert this afternoon - by sharing a photo of his ‘helpful’ notification screen.

Channel 4 has announced Taskmaster will kick off its new series later this month.As announced on Thursday (March 16), series 15 of the comedy game show will start on Thursday March 30 at 9pm on Channel 4.The line-up for the new series includes comedians Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair and Ivo Graham, alongside Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Mae Martin, who created and starred in the Netflix comedy series Feel Good.Series 14 concluded in December last year, which featured Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican. A New Year’s special aired in January.Enormous news: #Taskmaster Series 15, starring @frankieboyle, @IvoGraham, @jennyeclair, @kfRedhot and @TheMaeMartin starts Thursday 30th March on @Channel4.

Taskmaster is in development at Paramount.As reported by Variety, Taskmaster Australia will be produced by Avalon Television with Kevin & Co for Network 10.The series, set to be released next year, will be hosted by comedian and writer Tom Gleeson, alongside Tom Cashman.Taskmaster has been adapted for various countries since it originally debuted in the UK in 2015, including New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Canada.Alex Horne, who originally created the format and co-hosts the UK version, is an executive producer on the Australian series, alongside Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, James Taylor, Jon Thoday and Andy Devonshire.The UK version is currently in its fourteenth series on Channel 4, co-hosted by Greg Davies.

Channel 4 has announced that series 14 of Taskmaster will air weekly from Thursday September 29 at 9pm.Hosted by Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne, the comedy game show returns this month to put a new line-up of celebrity contestants through a series of bizarre challenges.The line-up for this series includes comedians Dara Ó Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican.A synopsis reads: “Across the series, Greg will be presented with visual evidence of the competence, or otherwise, of this cross-section of comics trying to complete a range of tasks that may or may not be useful in everyday life. Can they find pleasure in construction equipment? Can they play billiards with yoga balls? And, most crucially, can they laminate?Contain your excitement, your time starts now! #Taskmaster returns, with @daraobriain, @FernBrady, @johnsfurcoat, @munyachawawa and @SarahMillican75, Thursday 29th September on @Channel4.

Dara Ó Briain is keeping his spirits up despite Mock The Week being axed from BBC. The comedy panel show was scrapped after nearly two decades earlier this month, with the Irish presenter – sarcastically saying at the time that the ‘UK has finally run out of news’. ‘The storylines were getting crazier and crazier – global pandemics, divorce from Europe, novelty short-term prime ministers,’ he said in his announcement.

Mock The Week has been cancelled after 17 years on the BBC.Presenter and comedian Dara O’Briain confirmed the news today (August 2), joking that the UK “has finally run out of news”.“The storylines were getting crazier and crazier – global pandemics, divorce from Europe, novelty short-term prime ministers,” he said in a statement. “It couldn’t go on.“And so, regretfully, we are closing the doors on Dara and Hugh’s Academy for Baby Comedians.”He continued: “We just couldn’t be more silly than the news was already.

Taskmaster has revealed its celebrity line-up for series 14.The BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning game show will soon return to Channel 4, although an air date is yet to be officially confirmed.Joining the line-up for the latest series are stand-up comedian and television presenter Dara Ó Briain (Mock The Week), stand-up comedian Fern Brady (Live At The Apollo), stand-up, writer and actor John Kearns, comedian, broadcaster and digital creator Munya Chawawa, and award-winning stand-up comedian Sarah Millican.Greg Davies will return to his throne as the titular host of the show, as will his assistant Alex Horne, to help judge and adjudicate the celebrities as they carry out a number of bizarre and challenging tasks.Horne, who co-created the series, also serves as executive producer, alongside Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, James Taylor, Jon Thoday and Andy Devonshire.News of the new line-up comes after the Channel 4 show enjoyed the one-off special Taskmaster Champion Of Champions tonight (June 23), in which the winners from series six to ten reunited to determine an overall victor.The former champions included Richard Herring, Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders and Ed Gamble.

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Dara Ó Briain and David Baddiel have condemned the BBC for commissioning a podcast in which Scarlett Moffatt investigates conspiracy theories.In a since-deleted tweet, Ó Briain expressed that he was saddened that the BBC appeared to not “want to make” any more editions of the long-running astronomy series Stargazing Live, but that they were able to fund Moffatt's podcast.“Trying not to be depressed today that while the BBC don’t seem to want to make any more Stargazing Live, they will pay

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